{"product_id":"fruit-of-the-lemon-9780312426644","title":"Fruit of the Lemon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Andrea Levy, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e and winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Best of the Best Orange Prize, comes a story of one woman and two islands.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they moved to England. Happy to be starting her first job in the costume department at BBC television, and to be sharing a house with friends, Faith is full of hope and expectation. But when her parents announce that they are moving \"home\" to Jamaica, Faith's fragile sense of her identity is threatened. Angry and perplexed as to why her parents would move to a country they so rarely mention, Faith becomes increasingly aware of the covert and public racism of her daily life, at home and at work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt her parents' suggestion, in the hope it will help her to understand where she comes from, Faith goes to Jamaica for the first time. There she meets her Aunt Coral, whose storytelling provides Faith with ancestors, whose lives reach from Cuba and Panama to Harlem and Scotland. Branch by branch, story by story, Faith scales the family tree, and discovers her own vibrant heritage, which is far richer and wilder than she could have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFruit of the Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e spans countries and centuries, exploring questions of race and identity with humor and a freshness, and confirms Andrea Levy as one of our most exciting contemporary novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Levy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312426644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2006 pg. 981\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2006 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2006 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense Picks\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/11\/2007 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2007 pg. 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London, England to Jamaican parents, \u003cb\u003e Andrea Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (1956-2019) was the author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award (now Costa Award), the Orange Prize for Fiction (now Women's Prize for Fiction), and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The BBC Masterpiece Classic television adaptation of her novel won an International Emmy for best TV movie\/miniseries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrea's other books include the Man Booker Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Long Song\u003c\/i\u003e, also adapted by the BBC for television, and \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44411325186163,"sku":"9780312426644","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3f43666a-20aa-4b53-8719-55cd3713da74.jpg?v=1772025156","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/fruit-of-the-lemon-9780312426644","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}